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I still think Cruz made the best decision, they were going no where fast, he knew he had wait for the right moment for Blade to counter attack but he couldn't let Eve get killed. Also thinking back Imai gave us a pretty good hint in the Needless 0 chapters. During the Riru one, Riru mentions multiple times that she was created to serve god.

Yamada did fine imo, but I think it would've been better for Blade to make Riru his target instead of the cocoon and loop a thread around her neck or simply use a "power"-punch on her.

Yamada did fine imo, but I think it would've been better for Blade to make Riru his target instead of the cocoon and loop a thread around her neck or simply use a "power"-punch on her.

Doubt that would have worked, it's Riru afterall, you just can't catch her offguard that easy. Plus Psichokinesis puts any other fragment to shame. Nonetheless, it's the strongest of all fragments, even more after Riru received a part of Arclight's Eden Seed.

I agree with Avviesione and Kurusu-Shirudo that it can't be Arclight. It's too soon between the time he left Cruz and the others to the time they arrived underground. That said though, I wonder why Riru got so serious and determined when the cocoon was targeted and distraught when it bursts. From her reactions, you would think Arclight was in there. I am sure it is something important that Arclight needs for his new body. Something he plans to absorb into himself once complete. Remember what Riru said in chapter 103, "It is pointless to become a God, if you are unable to use your arms and legs, or to breath." We know that Arclight's current body won't last long. Also, this cocoon has existed since the beginning.

On a side note, I find it strange that Disk warned Cruz not to listen to Riru when she said she would tell them who created her, that it was to buy time. Riru's currently winning, why would she need to buy time?

On a side note, I find it strange that Disk warned Cruz not to listen to Riru when she said she would tell them who created her, that it was to buy time. Riru's currently winning, why would she need to buy time?

Agree. There is something in this arc,some kind of info that Disk and the other try as hard they can to avoid that cruz find out about this info.
Not matter how I look at it i get the feeling that this arc will be more important to Cruz that the other character in needless.
Is like Disk think that Cruz is not ready to know this info ,like would change him in the worse or would be too much for him.
About the coocon i'm still on my idea and that AnN( and probally AC are inside the coocon).

My major theory has always been that Cruz has similar origins to the Adam Project, as a experiment. Something like a anti-Needless, Cruz intelligence is far to advanced to be normal. He has never had proper schooling, but he has knowledge of physics and incredible thinking capacity. Its like he was created to figure outs Needless fragments then counter them with his Shield of Aegis.

Disk is defiantly hiding something, I wonder what she could have found out. Did she get a look inside of Arca's memories, or was it something that was on the original datachip that she found. It had to be recent since she only just found out Cruz was a Needless.

Also the cocoon is pretty much a mystery, its too soon to be Arclight.

A surprise attack on Riru wouldn't work. If she got her defenses up Blade's punch won't hurt her, and even so she would simply regenerate with Eden Seed.

Has it been brought up that Riru knows that Eve has a part of Blades brain?
So that means that Saten is on Arclight side considering he told that information to them, but seems to avoid letting Ishiyama(666) know about it.
But then why hide about Yamada? This is one mysterious bastard, that Saten...

Saten is the most enigmatic character in the series, his entire self is shrouded in darkness. We don't know what he aims to accomplish, nor his reasons for hidding anything related with Yamada from Simeon.

A surprise attack on Riru wouldn't work. If she got her defenses up Blade's punch won't hurt her, and even so she would simply regenerate with Eden Seed.

I think that would depend on whether he could have done enough damage to her brain in the split second he had before she could react.Serious brain trauma could hamper (if not completely stop) the use of her fragment and give him time to do what he did to Teruyama's clone before she has time to recover. But that does make me wonder about the limitations of eden seed regeneration. Let's say he'd be able to punch her brain into a fine mist and it would regenerate....would she still have her memories of who she is etc....or would it be as clean as a slate?

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On a side note, I find it strange that Disk warned Cruz not to listen to Riru when she said she would tell them who created her, that it was to buy time. Riru's currently winning, why would she need to buy time?

Has it been brought up that Riru knows that Eve has a part of Blades brain?
So that means that Saten is on Arclight side considering he told that information to them, but seems to avoid letting Ishiyama(666) know about it.
But then why hide about Yamada? This is one mysterious bastard, that Saten...

Not necessarily, when Eve was captured by Simeon, Arclight experienced first hand Eve's Dopplenganger, and when fighting Blade, he could tell he didn't have it. All he needed to do was put 2 and 2 together like Saten did and tell Riru. All Saten could have done is confirm what they already knew.

Doubtful, considering Blade & Disk are so sure it's him and that Riru said Arclight was occupied doing something.

It has to be someone/something else what's inside the flesh bulb.

Spoiler for Cocoon:

Disk sensed a life force inside, so it has to be something/something alive.

My guess is that it has something to do with the Needless Hunt, since the first time we see that cocoon is when Ishiyama is talking with Arclight in chapter 5. The only text bubble in that page says 'The needless hunt...' Apparently the needless hunt is killing Needless and stealing parts of their bodies. In chapter 3 Blade says that nothing remains but severed body parts and dismembered corpses.

Inside of the cocoon might be the source of the Apple of Eden/Eden Seed, since it looks like the surroundings of the cocoon and the cocoon itself are made of the same material of that of Uten's spear (concentrated Eden Seed).

I took a closer look at the spear of Uten and the Cocoon as well. If you look closely you can see the faces and other bodyparts of humans. The tentacles seem to be made out of the materials of living beings as well. I have a feeling that the materials/body parts that Simeon has stolen from needless in the needless hunt will play a part here as well.

Spoiler for Theory about Arclight, stigmata, etc:

Reading back made me think about Arclights plan as well. Ishiyama plans to make an arc for the 666 people who are going to survive the end of the world. He wants people to keep on evolving. But I don't think that this is exactly what Arclight is after. His goal is to become a god after all. But he's still working with 666, so why is that?

In chapter 3 Gido tells Blade/Eve that Simeon is trying to create a drug for immortality. I am guessing that this immortality might be the key, since Arclight wants to become a god. He wants Blade's body because his own body won't last long. But just getting Blade's body won't make him immortal. And hey, immortality actually plays an important part in the Adam/Eve part of the bible:

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In the biblical story, the serpent tempted Eve into eating a fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eve and Adam both ate the fruit, despite God's warning to Adam that "in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:17). As a consequence of their transgression, the land, the Serpent, Adam, and Eve were each cursed by God. To prevent them access to the tree of life, God cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden:
And the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (Genesis 3:22). A cherub and a flaming sword at the gate bars their return.

If we apply this passage to Needless:
- Adam and Eve before eating the fruit: Humans.
- Adam and Eve after eating the fruit: Needless.
- Fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: Apple of Eden/Eden seed.
- "in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die": Most humans die after getting Eden Seed and only a select few become needless.
- Serpent: the one who threw the bombs on Japan and created the Needless. (666?).
- Tree of life: ? (it's fruit grants immortality).
- Cherub: ?

I guess the tree of life and the cherub are the keys. How is Arclight going to the 'garden of Eden' to eat the fruit of the tree of life? What/who is the cherub? And why is Arclight hunting Needless for this cause?

In chapter 96 Uten says that Arclight is in a hurry to gather all of the 12 stigmata holders. They are injecting Eden Seed in Needless to find out if they are one of the 12. In chapter 98 Kafka says that Arclight already removed 9 of the 'seals' and that they have to find the final 3 and brings their severed heads to Arclight.

This made me thinking that the stigmata aren't just powerups for needless. What if the 12 stigmata's are 12 seals that have to be broken to enter the 'Garden of Eden' where the 'tree of life' is? In the passage from earlier that would make these stigmata the 'cherub'. In other words, Arclight needs the 12 stigmata's in order to gain immortality and become a true god.

I guess Arclight is planning to use the chip, the blueprint of god, to create a perfect body for himself (which would mean that Blade's body is no longer needed) and then use the 12 stigmata to become immortal with that perfect body.

Since Adam C was searching for AnN is Needless 1.5, I guess that Arclight didn't manage to get all stigmata yet. I guess AnN has one. Maybe the stigmata doppelganger that Blade supposedly gave to Eve, although AnN doesn't seem to know it? Maybe she forgot?

Adam C. is, clearly, not a creation by Arclight but from Ishiyama. Remember he said the Adam Project was still ongoing? And Adam Cyclops is the first successful clone in so many years, though given how in the end gets completely obliterated, many more clones are sure to follow.

But Arclight who hates Blade for being the same as him would never allow another clone with the same fragment. The Adam C. is a product of the 666 committee.

Has it been brought up that Riru knows that Eve has a part of Blades brain?
So that means that Saten is on Arclight side considering he told that information to them, but seems to avoid letting Ishiyama(666) know about it.
But then why hide about Yamada? This is one mysterious bastard, that Saten...

Doesn't necessarily mean Saten told them about Blade giving up part of his brain to Eve but that because Eve has Doppelganger, she knows that Eve has part of Blade's brain.

Either that or, like the current theory states, there's some amount of Kasumi's brain in Eve that Riru may object to. Riru, being an Eve series clone, may have had a pleasant relationship with Kasumi who, to save Eve N from disintegrating like she seems to do quite a bit of, used part of her brain to save Eve or something. Then Kasumi died as a result or whatever, saving Eve's life but thus making her an enemy of Riru who lost a dear friend and companion in Kasumi. It isn't known yet about the Eve series but I wouldn't be surprised if Blade uses Blackout Invoke on Riru or there's some history revealed sometime in this arc regarding the Eve Project. Wouldn't be surprised if it happens in the next chapter considering what we learned about.

Oh, and speaking about that, what if Kasumi's body is in the cocoon? This is a holy site, Kasumi is "claimed" to have died (but we don't know, could've been taken away by Triple Six) and Riru is a part of the Eve Series. Doesn't fit in well with the whole "Needless Hunt" bit from Chapter 5 but you never know. Would be an interesting turn of events. Either her or Mizuha maybe.

I pretty much doubt Blade learned Blackout Invoke. And even if he did, Riru would break his arms to pieces before he had a chance to lay a finger on her. Also, successfully using that technique would mean Riru couldn't be able to move during that state, so it won't happen.

This fight is already lost and I can't help but think Blade has made a huge mistake by ripping apart the cocoon.

I pretty much doubt Blade learned Blackout Invoke. And even if he did, Riru would break his arms to pieces before he had a chance to lay a finger on her. Also, successfully using that technique would mean Riru couldn't be able to move during that state, so it won't happen.

This fight is already lost and I can't help but think Blade has made a huge mistake by ripping apart the cocoon.

if the cocoon really contain huge mess of Needless, Blade can learn a lot of fragments then, at last to help him remember all his stolen fragment during his fight with Archlight in Simeon tower